Jan 10, 2019
This movie truly was the greatest Pokémon movie ever! They have definitely changed things up in a great way! This is a great example of a GOOD reboot Pokemon movie. The previous Pokémon movie was boring, predictable, and had horribly unlikable and uninteresting characters (aside from the rival Cross) and the worst part was the 3rd act. I only liked the beginning and that’s it. However I can’t say the same for this amazing movie. I guess I do enjoy character driven stories which is probably why I liked this movie. In my opinion, this movie is in EVERY way better than the previous Pokémon
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movie (I Choose You!) which like I said, wasn’t good.
Story: I loved where everything was going, but the story wasn’t perfect by any means but it still kept me watching. I liked how they actually went with something different for this movie and didn’t copy the 2nd Pokémon movie, and actually went with something unique. And it turned out to be a way more interesting story than the lame 2nd Pokémon movie “The Power of One.”
Rating: 7/10
Art: The art looked really beautiful and so did the colors. It all looks way better than the current running SM anime imo. I love how Ash is designed in this movie, he looks great and this is probably one of my favorite versions of him (right beside his XY Design). Wish I could say the same for SM. And the animation was great too. Wit Studio and OLM did awesome animating this movie. They were smart for hiring Wit Studio.
Rating: 10/10
Sound: For the first time since the 16th Pokémon movie in 2013, they finally decided to keep all the Japanese music intact in the English dub (save for the ending credits theme). They didn’t replace any of Shinji Miyazaki’s tracks and that made the English dub a much better experience for me than last years. This is why I’m pissed I couldn’t see this in theaters. So I will gladly buy the blu-ray of this when it comes out. This movie easily has some of the best music composed imo. And I’m glad they did not use Ed Goldfart’s trash again. But I will admit this, “The Power of Us” ending credits theme was a good song and it fit the movie well.
Rating: 10/10
Character: All the characters were very interesting and all got a fair amount of screen time and all had interesting personalities, with my two favorite characters being Risa and Margo. Which imo are the best characters in the movies. And everyone else I liked too. They’re much more likable characters than the classmates from the actual running SM anime series, which are boring characters btw.
Rating: 9/10
Enjoyment: Yes! Of course I enjoyed this. This is the best Pokémon movie right beside Movie 3, Movie 12, and Movie 19. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a Pokémon movie this much in a long time. I hope next years “Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution” movie will be good too as well as the Gen 8 anime movies. Geez I can’t wait for SM to end this year.
Rating: 10/10
Overall: I give this movie a solid 9.5/10. The dubbing was actually really good and if the director of this movie, Tetsuo Yajima, is smart enough to see that then clearly others will too. Still, if you see anyone hating on the dub of this movie, just ignore them. Anyway, this may not be a Pokémon for everyone as it has more action in it than in the SM anime but I personally think this is a Pokémon movie MANY others will like. Go ahead, give it a watch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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